Elektron Musical Instruments

OK,

Well my signal is MD -> Boss DS-1 distortion pedal -> mixer.  I've always
noticed white noise in the background of my MD, quiet enough to not be
able to hear it when mixed with other gear, but noticeable by itself. 
Somehow the pedal is making it worst.  Turning the master volume knob to
half way makes the distortion pedal react better to the MD's signal.  So
you're saying I should reamp all MD outputs to avoid this white noise?? 
Thanks for the advice

I've never experienced this with other older drum machines...

roby
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> On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 12:38:57PM -0800, roby wrote:
>> Hello, I never realized how noisy the MD is until last night when I
>> hooked
>> it up to a distortion pedal.  There's so much white noise in the
>> background I can't use it with distortion as I want it too.  Anyone have
>> any tips on how to get rid of this?
>
> Are you using a reamping device to match the levels and
> impedance?  That white noise can't be heard when you're
> going directly from the MD's lines out to a mixer or audio
> interface's lines in.  Guitar pedals expect instrument level
> signals with high impedance, so you would typically need the
> Reamp or Radial X-Amp to keep everything quiet.
>
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